Aftermarket Small Air Intakes usually consist of Short ram O2 intakes that correspond to size restrictions that are located in the engine bay of your car.  Domestic automobile manufacturers usually encompass larger engine bay sizes over their Japanese and European counterparts.

Installing traditional cold O2 intakes requires the room that would allow cold air intakes to take full advantage of any extra space in the engine bay.  This optimization would permit cold air intakes to be place strategically in the engine bay to utilize the most beneficial means of capturing maximal amount of air that would be delivered to your vehicles engine while at the same time avoiding hot spots in your engine that would be negative to the efficiency of your engines performance.

If however, your engine is tightly packed into the engine bay, then short ram intakes or referred to many times as smaller air intakes are placed as close to the engine and work in the majority of cases with ram hood scoops that grant access to the outside airflow that your engine requires.  The short ram intakes are designed to capture maximal amounts of airflow that is coming in from the ram scoop that is located in the center of the hood.  Massive amounts of air will be entering this opening and short ram air intakes are placed at the opening section of the hood, granting immediate access to cool air coming from outside of your engine bay.  The cooler the air is entering into the large air intakes filer and larger air intakes tubing permit the best in engine performance.

Key points to remember about aftermarket Small Air Intakes:

• Common terminology is defined as Short ram intakes.
• Short ram intakes are placed as close to the engine to allow for maximal airflow.
• Short ram intakes are engineered to produce significant increases in power.
• Aftermarket short ram intakes are available in red, blue, carbon fiber or even a mirror polished finish that grants a customized look to your engine bay.